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Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo
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Wikipedia article
'Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo' is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on a novel published the previous year by Clement Pratt.
It is considered a lost film.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 28Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
Plot
An Englishman, Charlie Hargreaves, is falsely accused of an embezzlement and goes to Australia, where he finds work as a jackeroo at Caloola Station. He falls in love with Hilda, the station owner's daughter, but they are both captured by aboriginals.
The girl's parents arrange a search party and come to the rescue, but the chief of the tribe takes the girl. He is about to throw her over a cliff when the jackeroo comes to the rescue. He encounters a bushfire and manages to escape death in a watery grave.
Chapter headings were:
*Falsely' accused, Dismissed,
*A stranger in a strange land,
*The Jackeroo,
*At Caloola,
*Mutual admiration,
*The bush fire,
*The' alarm,
*At the point of death,
*A timely rescue,
*Love's awakening,
*A cowardly assault,
*Captured by Black,
*Saved from a watery grave,
*Off for the honeymoon.
Cast
*Charles Villiers
Release
The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911.
The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.
One report said the film had been "a strong draw".
References
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